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US Rep. Robin Kelly, area mayors stress sustainability in renewed push for south suburban airport
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFollowing the passage of a bill in the Illinois General Assembly paving the way for public and...
Railfan Road: Chicago’s Cicero Avenue - Trains
Trains.com· 2 days agoRoosevelt Road used to be THE Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown, fans could catch passenger trains to and from...
Chicago alderman sleeping in tent outside to bring attention to neighborhood's violence
NBC Chicago· 1 day agoAn alderman from Chicago’s South Side plans to sleep outside in a tent until the crime problem in...
'The Blues Brothers' came out in June 1980. Is there a better Chicago movie? Not for me
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 14 hours ago“Chicago is like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ if you’re rich,” one local musician observed, “and it’s...
Q&A: The role of 'the Southland' in Chicago's global future
Crain s Chicago Business· 5 days agoTwo sites — one in southwest suburban Lockport and one on the old U.S. Steel South Works on Chicago's Far
Chicago residents fight to bring basketball courts back to Beverly
CBS News· 5 days agoKids and adults in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood are fighting to return basketball courts to their...
Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoJohnson’s office said the task force will study the ways Black Chicagoans continue to be impacted by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Working...
2 arrested in shooting of an ice cream vendor, ending SWAT standoff on Chicago's Southeast Side
CBS News· 6 days agoThe two gunmen fled into a home, which prompted a SWAT response to the scene.
Cicada "superfans" are eating them, making art with them, performing strip teases as them
CBS News· 14 hours agoTrillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people's shirts,...
Daywatch: Johnson launches task force on reparations for Black Chicagoans
Chicago Tribune· 16 hours agoMayor Brandon Johnson launched a task force yesterday to examine implementing a reparations program...